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Rationale provided by the Proponent: What happens when a URS decision is issued, for example, merely one (1) day prior to the expiry of the disputed domain name? Pursuant to Paragraph 12.4 of the URS Policy, an appeal must be brought within 14 days of the decision. Both Complainants and Respondents would as a result, be unable to appeal under such circumstances, unless they filed the appeal within one (1) day of the decision coming out, since the registration would expire before the end of the 14-day appeal period.
Accordingly, the URS Policy needs to correct this oversight in order to enable the appeal mechanism to work in all situations. Currently, a Complainant can only renew a domain name if it was successful in the URS proceeding. The proposal allows an unsuccessful Complainant to also renew the registration for a year, so as to enable an appeal in circumstances where the 14 day appeal period extends beyond the registration expiry date.
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